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logical relation betwoSn tho hero ana tho Trojan
war, implying the actuahty Of both" he identities
the site of the city of ithaca with site now calico
Polls, where there no traces OF rulns-a tneo'y
which receives some support from the discovery OK
an inscribed tablet. incorrectly gwen by scnhe-
monn who had only half of II. while MI e,IiiHah
has found and photographed the whoie.
Rcsnectinp the so-oalled Venus. Mr.. Stilman &C
cents the opinion that 1t is statue OF victory anu
he sets forth the reasons for believing that IL Is
uotLnr else than that statue from the temple Oh
Nike Anteros at Athens, of " hch it was SAID that
| the Atheuians made their Victory without wings
that she might never leave Athens. Restored she
should be holding with her left hand a tablet
whose lower edge rests on her knee. and inscri ping
on it the names of Gthcnian heroes. Tho element
of pure conjecture in this theory IS very large ou
Mr. S;illman makes forcble argument sustained
by some telling Illustrations
GRANT IN PEACE. From Apponattox to Mount
McGrcgor A Pcr5osal Memoir by Adam Badeau
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Readers OF me TRIBUNE already acquainted
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dotcs of Grant exhibit more of the human nature III
that fustrlous parsonage than 1t IS the iashoh 10
display in Biographical works
lie gives for example, not in the way OF criticism
but with entire sympathy, many astonishing proofs vi
Grants desire We may almost his claim OF right,
10 lcr 10 I,rsSi q
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NEW wACGINGs OF OLD TALES BY TWO WAGs.
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TicknOr Il TO.
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the FIXTURES are appropriate TO the teNt.-"hch IS
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the volume is very slight IN appearance bat 1t Is a
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